Mariah Carey & Nicki Minaj Fight It Out at The Mirage

America’s most popular star search finder, “American Idol” has been making headlines in the past few months, not because of the incredible talent of it’s contestants but because of the cat fighting that’s been occurring between the two diva judges, Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj. And now, the pop princesses are bringing their quarrels to the Strip stage as they tape the semifinals at The Mirage.

“American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest along with judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Keith Urban and Randy Jackson arrived in The Entertainment Capital of the World yesterday to begin taping for semi-finals at The Mirage for the “Fox” hit. The taping started last night and continues tonight with the 40 contestants remaining divided into groups of 10 competing against each other, with five semifinalists eliminated each night. The remaining 20 will be revealed during the Feb. 28 show.

The finalists will perform on the same stage as the hit Las Vegas production Cirque du Soleil’s “The Beatles Love” and we can only hope they bring the same talent to the stage as those performers do on a regular basis. The ladies were recorded last night for broadcast today and the guys are being taped for broadcast on Thursday. Taping is at 5:45 to 8 p.m. so make sure you stick around The Mirage because you just might run into Mariah or Nicki or even hear them fighting through the walls!

In other Las Vegas celebrity news, Jeff Beacher and Nickeoldeon starlet Victoria Justice and actor Ryan Rottman attended magician David Copperfield’s show at MGM Grand earlier in the week and visited with him backstage after the show.

And speaking of celebs taking in one of Las Vegas’ many shows, Billy Gardell and Reno Wilson of CBS’ “Mike & Molly” watched Blue Man Group at its new home in the Monte Carlo and BMX pro Ricardo Laguna and Robert Blasi from Hook Jaw Net Radio stopped by Rampart Casino to watch magician Michael Turco.

The rock band Bullet for My Valentine held a signing and listening party for listeners of 92.3 KOMP at Crossroads at House of Blues in Mandalay Bay on Friday, the day after Valentine’s Day.

NFL Hall of Famer defensive back Ronnie Lot enjoyed dinner at Nobu at Ceasars Palace. And XS in Steve Wynn’s Encore welcomed models, artists and designers on Tuesday for the launch of 2013 MAGIC Fashion Week. DJ Diplo turned up the heat at the Mad Decent party and graffiti artist Alec Monopoly created artwork for the launch.

That’s all of the celebrity news I have for you today. Check back tomorrow for much more.